buttinsky

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buttinsky

/bʌˈtɪnski/ UK
/bʌˈtɪnski/ US
[-ˈɾɪn-] US

Where it comes from

From butt in (“to join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited, interject”) + -sky (a variant of -ski (suffix added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness, Polishness, or a more general Slavicness)), humorously modelled after Russian surnames, and originally and often used in the form of a surname.

noun buttinskys · buttinskies · buttinski

derogatory, informal One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody. I wish I had never met that nosy buttinsky!
Similar: butterinsky, kibitzer, meddler, nosey parker, stickybeak, yenta
informal A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.
Similar: butt set

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@misc{buttinsky_2026,
  title = {buttinsky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/buttinsky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}